'Think globally, act locally': Climate change mitigation and citizen participation

Jens Villiam Hoff

'Think globally, act locally': Climate change mitigation and citizen participation

Abstract

This chapter argues that citizen participation in environmental and climate policies has moved through four phases from the early 1960s until today. The most recent phase is characterised by a ‘reorientation towards the local’, a move which is increasingly supported by actors at both national and international levels. For local governments, the task of initiating or facilitating citizen action concerning climate change mitigation has generated the development of new policy instruments that increasingly target people’s everyday lives, homes and workplaces. Examples of the use of these new policy instruments are given, and the roles of citizens and experts are discussed. The discussion highlights the precarious balances between governability and control and between democracy and efficiency upon which these policies depend.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Community Governance and Citizen-Driven Initiatives in Climate Change Mitigation
Redaktører	Jens Hoff, Quentin Gausset
Antal sider	26
Vol/bind	1
Udgivelsessted	London and New York
Forlag	RoutledgeFalmer
Publikationsdato	20 aug. 2015
Udgave	1
Sider	28-53
Kapitel	3
ISBN (Trykt)	9781138901094
ISBN (Elektronisk)	9781315700298
Status	Udgivet - 20 aug. 2015

Navn	Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research

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'Think globally, act locally': Climate change mitigation and citizen participation. / Hoff, Jens Villiam.
Community Governance and Citizen-Driven Initiatives in Climate Change Mitigation. red. / Jens Hoff; Quentin Gausset. Bind 1 1. udg. London and New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2015. s. 28-53 (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research).

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